Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1948. Church.

Church of St John

WRENN ID
sacred-pilaster-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Tyneside
Constituency
Jarrow and Gateshead East MP: Kate Osborne (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 May 1948
Type
Church
Address
Church of St John, Canning Street
OS grid reference
NZ 310 641
Coordinates
54.9713, -1.51612
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St John is a parish church that was originally a service wing of Hebburn Hall. It was converted into a church between 1886 and 1887 by F R Wilson. The building is constructed of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and has a roof made of Welsh slate. It is oriented from north-northwest to south-southeast and is unaisled. At the south end, there is an east transept with an entrance porch in the angle, and a west porch is located at the north end.

The church features decorated style windows, including seven three-light windows in the nave and two two-light windows in the transept, with elaborate tracery over seven lights at the north end. These windows are positioned between buttresses that have gablets and set-backs. On the south elevation, there are two massive buttresses that have five alternate gablets and set-backs, situated between one-light cusped windows and flanking a tall two-light window. The roof is topped with a tall pierced, coped belfry that is supported by the south buttresses, along with a central flèche featuring eight gabled louvres.

Local climate

Church of St John receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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